2 Kings 7:1
Then Elisha said, “Hear the word of the Lord! This is what the Lord says: ‘About this time tomorrow at the gate of Samaria, a seah of fine flour will sell for a shekel, and two seahs of barley will sell for a shekel.’”
Note A seah is approximately 6.6 dry quarts or 7.3 liters (probably about 8.2 pounds or 3.7 kilograms of flour); here and in verses 16 and 18.
Note A shekel is approximately 0.4 ounces or 11.4 grams, probably of silver; here and in verses 16 and 18.
Note 2 seahs is approximately 13.2 dry quarts or 14.6 liters (probably about 19.3 pounds or 8.8 kilograms of barley); here and in verses 16 and 18.
Then Elisha said, Hear ye the word of the Lord; Thus saith the Lord, To morrow about this time shall a measure of fine flour be sold for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, in the gate of Samaria.
Elisha said, “Hear the Lord’s word. The Lord says, ‘Tomorrow about this time a seah of fine flour will be sold for a shekel, and two seahs of barley for a shekel, in the gate of Samaria.’”
Note 1 seah is about 7 liters or 1.9 gallons or 0.8 pecks
Note A shekel is about 10 grams or about 0.35 ounces. In this context, it was probably a silver coin weighing that much.
And Elisha said, Hear ye the word of Jehovah: thus saith Jehovah, To-morrow about this time shall a measure of fine flour be sold for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, in the gate of Samaria.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- Elisha said
- See on ch.
- 2 Kings 6:33; 2 Kings 20:16; 1 Kings 22:19; Isaiah 1:10; Ezekiel 37:4
- To-morrow
- 2 Kings 7:18, 19; Exodus 8:23; Exodus 9:5, 6; Exodus 14:13; Exodus 16:12; Joshua 3:5; 1 Samuel 11:9; Psalm 46:5
- a measure of fine flour
- A {seah} of flour: the {seah} was about two gallons and a half; the shekel 2s. 4d. at the lowest computation: a wide difference between this and the price of the ass's head.
- 2 Kings 6:25; Revelation 6:6
- of barley
- 2 Kings 4:42; John 6:9